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//Dec. 1. Su.Smith breakfasts; adv. Stewart & Johnson. Dine at Holcroft’s; sup at Jennings’s, with him & King. Stuart, p. 206, fin.

2. M.Juvenal, VIII, 63: Richard 3: Rosciad. Call on Porson, nah, Wedgwood, nah, Kearsley, Reveley & Holcroft: meet S. Solly.

3. Tu. Independence, Farewel, Conference: Muir’s Trial, pp. 160. Holcroft at tea, talk of 

4. W.Hume, p. 90. Fawcet & Kearsley call. Dine at Holcroft’s with Porson, Perry, Gordon, Shield & Reveleys, talk of self love & God; adv. Dyson.

5. Th. Hume, p. 124: Life of Franklin, p. 102: Ep. to Hogarth. Call on Ritson, talk of revolutions, savages & animals. Dyson, Dibbin, Kearsley & Fenwick at tea:

6. F. Hume, p. 161, fin.: Franklin, p. 222. W. Webb calls: sup at Reveley’s.

7. Sa. Walk to Woolwich, with Fenwick; visit Muir & Palmer^e. Sup at miss Godwin’s.

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Dec. 8. Su.Smith breakfasts; adv. Johnson, talk of talents & Burke. Dine at H Tooke’s, with Vaughan, Wingfield, & Dyson; adv. Sharpe. Sup at Holcroft’s, w. Thelwal, Stephen & Dyson.

9. M. Bayle sur la Comete, p. 20. Ritson calls, talk of common law & libel act. Evening, Thelwal’s, w. Holcroft.

10. Tu.Bayle, p. 32: Franklin, p. 316, fin. Tea. Holcroft’s, w. Dyson: Philomaths, original depravity, v. political institution. Lister calls.

11. W.Write p. 12, 13, 14. Bayle, p. 41: Political Progress, pp. 71: Cecilia, p. 84. Sup at Reveley’s.

12. Th.Bayle, p. 56: Cecilia, p. 112. Call on mrs Hoy, Inchbald & Barry: dine at Holcrofts: tea Reveley’s: sup at Jennings’s, confession de m^ee.

13. F.Write p. 15. Bayle, p. 56: Cecilia, p. 147. Call on Ritson & Johnson, nah: Marshal & miss Cooper at tea: sup at Nicholson’s, talk of passions.

14. Sa. Bayle, p. 104: Cecilia, p. 299: Fortune’s Frolics, // acts 1, 2, 3. Dibbin at tea: sup at Reveley’s, w. //Tresham, Woodford, Taylor & Underwood, talk of property &c.

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Dec. 15. Su.Smith breakfasts, talk of disguise, &c: Ritson calls, talk of animal food: dine at Holcroft’s, with Mrs Jennings; adv. Thelwal, Vaughan, Williams, Stewart & Jennings.

16. M.Tooke’s trial, p. 54: Cecilia, Vol. II, p. 141. Tea mrs Cooper’s: call on Davis.

17. Tu. Dine at Woolwich, w. Muir, Reid, Logan, Campbel, Bishop & Fenwick; talk of religion & subsistence; adv. F Vaughan, Gurney, Rutt[Not in London]

18. W. Home from Woolwich. Tooke, p. 84, fin.: Cecilia, p. 285. Sup at Holcroft’s, w. Dyson:[Nicholson][Not in London]

19. Th.Write p. 16. Cecilia, Vol. III, p. 125. Dyson calls: call on Kearsley, talk of suicide: sup at Reveley’s.

20. F. Write, p. 17, 18. Bayle, p. 132: Johnson’s Lives, p. 102: Fortune’s Frolics. acts 4 & 5: Orphan, acts 1 & 2: Cecilia, p. 248. Tea at Johnson’s, talk of Voltaire & Cicero.

21. Sa.Write p. 19. Bayle, p. 158: Cecilia, p. 289. Tea at Holcroft’s [Nicholson]; sup at Reveley’s, with him & Woodford.

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Dec. 22. Su. Write p. 20/2. Smith breakfasts, talk of humility. Write to Newton. Dine at Holcroft’s, w. Thelwal; adv. Ritson & Dyson.

23. M.Bayle, p. 172: Cecilia, p. 321. Ritson calls: dine at Jennings’s, w. Mackintosh, Moore, Sinclair & Folkes; talk of passions

24. Tu.Li Coupe-doit. Life of Defoe, pp. 71: Johnson, p. 180: Cecilia, Vol. IV, p. 135.

25. W.Johnson, p. 228. Call on Otton: dine at Holcroft’s, w. Reveley’s, Thelwal, & Stephen.

26. Th.Johnson, p. 346: Colonel Jack, p. 204. Call on Ritson. Battle of Kaisberg

27. F.Johnson, p. 394: Col. Jack, p. 270. Call on Inchbald: sup at Reveley’s, w. Woodford; adv. Combe.

28. Sa.Johnson, p. 380: Col. Jack, p. 399, fin. Dyson & Kearsley call: Fenwick at tea.

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Dec. 29. M.^eSmith breakfasts: Kearsley calls, talk of duelling: dine at Holcroft’s; adv. Smith, Dyson & Heathcote. Johnson calls, nah.

30. Tu. ^eCecilia, p. 249. Stewart calls: sup at Jennings’s, with Reveleys.

31. W. ^eWrite p. 20/2. Gerald’s pamphlet, p. 47. Dine at Thelwal’s, w. Moffat & Sinclair. Philomaths, gratitude. Miss C. calls.